JOHN A. TURES LaGrange College [email protected] 601 Broad St. Office: 706-880-8066 LaGrange, GA30240 Cell: 706-302-9008 Academic Background Trinity University, San Antonio, TX. B.A. awarded May, 1992 Majors: Political Science & Communications Marquette University, Milwaukee, WI. M.S. in International Affairs awarded December, 1994 Florida State University, Tallahassee, FL. Ph.D. in Political Science awarded April, 2000 Dissertation The Onset and Escalation of Regime Claims in the Western Hemisphere, 1816-1992 Chair: Will H. Moore In my dissertation, I analyze the motivations behind a country's decision to call for the removal of another state's government, a serious challenge to state sovereignty and non-intervention principles. I construct a model explaining the initiation and escalation of these “regime claims” in the Americas. I find that states are motivated by two factors: (1) threats to an otherwise acceptable status quo, and (2) the opportunity to improve an unacceptable set of bilateral relations. Additionally, countries calculate the probability that they can oust another leader with a claim or militariZed action. I use logistic regression techniques to test a series of hypotheses derived from this theoretical model, finding that threats and opportunities drive claim initiation, but evaluations of the probability for success determine whether countries militariZe such claims. Academic Publications • Book Chapters Tures, John A. 2018 "Is Religion The Sinews Of War? Or Is It Just "Generally So Considered?" (with LaGrange College undergraduates) In Edited Volume on Intersections: Faith, Church and The Academy. Tures, John A. et.al. 2017. “Whirling Diversions in Turkey.” In Peacebuilding In A Fractious World: On Hoping Against All Hope, (Richard Penaskovic and Mustafa Sahin, eds.). Eugene, OR: Pickwick Publishers Tures, John A. 2010. “Baseballs and Ballots: Players and Politicians.” Book Chapter Part Of Ron Briley’s Baseball and Politics, Jefferson, NC & London: McFarland. • Scholarly Articles Tures, John A. et.al. 2020. “Civil Death, and Resurrection?” Questions in Politics. Forthcoming. Tures, John A. et.al. 2019. “The Partisan Politics of Civil Asset Forfeiture.” Vol VI, Questions in Politics. November. http://gpsa-online.org/wp- content/uploads/2019/11/QiP_V6_2018_Tures.pdf Tures, John A. 2019. “How A Political ‘Nor’easter’ Broke The GOP Hold On The Electoral College: The Critical Election Of 1992.” The New England Journal of Political Science, Vol. 11, No. 1 (Spring). https://www.questia.com/library/journal/1P4-2204514794/the-political-nor- easter-of-1992-a-northeastern-usa Tures, John A. et.al. 2017. “No Reservations About Stopping Another Hotel Rwanda Case: The African Court on Human and Peoples’ Rights.” Questions in Politics Vol. IV. No. 1: 21-55. http://gpsa-online.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/11/No-Reservations-about-Stopping-Another- Hotel-Rwanda-Case-The-African-Court-on-Human-and-Peoples%E2%80%99-Rights-John-A.- Tures.pdf Tures, John A. et.al. 2016. “Freelance Terrorism: Comparing ‘Lone Wolves” to Wolf Packs.’” Questions in Politics. Vol. III. (http://gpsa-online.org/questions-in-politics/current-issue/). Tures, John A. et.al. 2015. “Have Beheadings Intimidated Or Angered the American Public?” The Journal of Diplomacy and International Relations, Vol. XVI, No. 2, Spring/Summer. (https://www.dropbox.com/s/h7w95k2o7dj2mhh/JournalSpring2015PDF.pdf?dl=0) Tures, John A. et.al. 2015. "Are You Experienced? African American Candidates in Statewide elections, 1964-2014" Questions in Politics, Vol. II, pp. 45-70. Tures, John A. 2014. “The Critical Elections of 1968 and 1992.” Questions in Politics, 1: 41-66. Tures, John A. 2014. “The Role of Ideology For African American Candidates in Statewide elections.” Western Journal of Black Studies, Vol. 38, No. 1 (Spring), pp. 53-63. Tures, John A. 2013. "The War of 1812 as a Movie MacGuffin," The War of 1812 Magazine, Issue 20, May. Tures, John A. et.al. 2012. “The Transnational Element During the ‘War on Terrorism,’ 1920- 2011,” Forum on Public Policy, Vol. 20, No. 2, 2012. Tures, John A. et.al. 2011. “An ‘Impeccable’ Relationship: The Sino-American Dyad In International Relations Theory.” Homeland Security Review, Vol. 5, No. 2, Summer, pgs. 89- 119. Tures, John A. and Kim S. Beaver, 2011.“Selective Saber Rattling By Iraqi Politicians.” Digest of Middle East Studies, Vol. 20, No. 1, pgs. 4-26. Tures, John A.et. al. 2010 “Operation Noble Intention: America’s Attempts to Promote Democracy Abroad with Military Operations.” The Journal for Global Intelligence & Policy, Vol. 3, Issue 2. Tures, John A. and Wesley Meares. 2010. “The Myth of Southern Studies: Race, Politics and the Future of Such Courses.” Review of Higher Education and Self Learning, Vol. 3, Issue 6. Tures, John A. 2010. “The Providence of the Longest Cannon.” The Journal of the War of 1812, Vol. XIII, No, 2, Summer (Part I). Tures, John A. 2010. “A Word of ‘Captain Caution’: Myths about Privateers in the War of 1812.” War of 1812 Magazine, Issue 14, October (Part II). Tures, John A. 2009. “Do Terrorists “Win” Elections?” Homeland Security Affairs Journal Volume V, No. 3. Tures, John A. 2009. “Rattling the Hesam: International Distractions from Internal Problems in Iran.” Asian Politics & Policies, Volume 1, Issue 1. Tures, John A. 2009 “Iraq: ‘Wagging the Dog’ in Elections,” Arab Reform Bulletin, Carnegie endowment for International Peace, February. Tures, John A. et.al. 2008 “Is Our ‘Soul Prepared?’ Testing the Myth of Suicide Terrorists as ‘The Ultimate Smart Bomb.’” The Homeland Security Review, Vol. 2, No. 3, Fall: 167-199. Tures, John A. 2008 “Hell Comes to Horseshoe Bend,” The War of 1812 Magazine, Issue 9, May. Tures, John A. et.al. 2008. “The SPeCTRE of Terrorism in the Cold War and Post-Cold War World.” Journal of Applied Global Research, 1/1. Tures, John A. 2007. “The Democracy Promotion Gap in American Public Opinion.” Journal of American Studies, Vol. 41, Issue 3: 557-579. Tures, John A. 2006. “Are We Taking Certain Liberties By Assuming A Relationship Between economic And Political Freedom?” Journal of Private Enterprise, Vol. XXII, No. 1, (Fall): 22- 36. Paper to be included in a book chapter for the edited volume Economic Freedom: Causes and Consequences (editors Joshua C. Hall and Robert A. Lawson), Nova Publishers, Hauppauge, NY, 2010. Tures, John A. et.al. 2005. “Free to Develop?” Journal of International and Area Studies, Vol. 12, No. 2, December. Tures, John A. 2005. “Is War Bad for Business?” Peace & Conflict Monitor, July 12. Reprinted in Peace Journalism, Issue 13, November 2005. Tures, John A. 2005. “George W. Bush Passes Macedonian Geography QuiZ.” New Balkan Politics, Vol. 9 (Summer). Reprinted in Macedonian in Utrinski Vesnik, June 14. Tures, John A. et.al. 2005. “Operation Exporting Freedom: The Quest for DemocratiZation via a United States Military Operation.” Whitehead Journal of Diplomacy and International Relations, 7, 1 (2005): 97-111. Tures, John A. et.al. 2004. “economic LiberaliZation and International Order.” Cato Journal 23, 3 (Winter): 1-9. Tures, John A. 2004. “Will New Blood in the Leadership Produce New Blood on the Battlefield? The Impact of Regime Changes on Middle East Military Rivalries.” The Middle East Journal, 58, 4 (Autumn). Tures, John A. et.al. 2004. “Operation <Insert Country> Freedom: The Impact of United States Military Operations on Target Regimes.” Journal for the Study of Peace and Conflict, Annual edition, 2004-2005: 68-82. Tures, John A. 2003. “The Measure of Macedonian Democracy.” New Balkan Politics 7/8 (Summer). Tures, John A. 2003. “The Impact of Instability and Institutions on U.S. Foreign Direct Investment in Developing Areas.” Journal of Conflict, Security and Development 3,2 (August):163-183. Tures, John A. 2003. “To Protect Democracy (Not Practice It): Explanations of Dyadic Democratic Intervention (DDI).” Online Journal for Peace and Conflict Resolution 5(1): 32-55. Tures, John A. et. al. 2003. “United States Military Operations in the New World Order: An examination of the Evidence.” American Diplomacy (February 22). Tures, John A. 2003. “Commercial Freedom and Conflict Reduction: Evidence from the 1970s, 1980s and 1990s.” Cato Journal 22(3): Winter. Tures, John A. 2002. “The Dearth of Jointly Dyadic Democratic Interventions” International Studies Quarterly, 46(4): 579-589. Tures, John A. 2001. “Addressing Concerns About Applying the Democratic Peace Arguments to Interventions.” Journal of Peace Research. 38(2): 247-249. Tures, John A. 2001. “Democracies as Intervening States: A Critique of Kegley and Hermann.” Journal of Peace Research. 38(2): 227-235. Tures, John A. 1998. “Development Theories in the East European Context: The Impact of New Dependency Theory and Neoclassical Economics.” East European Quarterly. 32(3): 281-299. United States Government Research Monographs Applications of the Environmental Instability Model: An Addendum to Assessing the Connection Between the Environment and Instability. Prepared by Evidence Based Research, Inc. (in conjunction with Contract # GS10F0203K) and submitted on December 12, 2001 to William 3 Nicholls, Office of the Deputy Under Secretary of Defense (Installations and Environment) Office of Force Protection. Assessing the Connection Between The Environment and Instability. Prepared by Evidence Based Research, Inc. (in conjunction with Contract # GS10F0203K) and submitted on October 15, 2001 to William Nicholls, Office of the Deputy Under Secretary of Defense (Installations and Environment)